Samuel Smith was an early 19th century member of the United States House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

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 from Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district

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Smith was a Democratic-Republican

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 who served as an associate judge of Erie County, Pennsylvania

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, from 1803 to 1805. In 1805 he was elected to the Ninth

9th United States Congress

- Senate :* President: George Clinton * President pro tempore: Samuel Smith - House of Representatives :* Speaker: Nathaniel Macon -Members:This list is arranged by chamber, then by state...

 Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative John Baptiste Charles Lucas

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. He was reelected in 1806 and 1808 to the Tenth

10th United States Congress

- House of Representatives :- Senate :*President: George Clinton *President pro tempore: Samuel Smith , elected April 16, 1808** Stephen R. Bradley , elected December 28, 1808** John Milledge , elected January 30, 1809...

 and Eleventh

11th United States Congress

- House of Representatives :-Leadership:- Senate :* President: George Clinton * President pro tempore:** John Milledge ** Andrew Gregg , elected June 26, 1809** John Gaillard , elected February 28, 1810...

 Congresses, but was defeated in his bid for reelection to the Twelfth

12th United States Congress

- House of Representatives :During this congress, one new House seat was added for the new state of Louisiana.- Senate :*President: George Clinton *President pro tempore: William H. Crawford -House of Representatives:*Speaker: Henry Clay...

 Congress in 1810

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Despite his nearly five-and-a-half years in Congress, remarkably little, if any, historical documentation survives regarding Samuel Smith's life, including the years of his birth and death.

Sources

• The Political Graveyard